Toolbar

Use the toolbar controls and buttons to configure the scope and the presentation of log data, and to navigate through the log.

Item

Tooltip and shortcut

Description

Log Level

N/A

From this drop-down list, select the priority of log messages to be displayed.
The available options are:

Verbose

Debug

Info

Warn

Error

Assert

Find

Use this text box to search through the list of messages. As you type a search string,
the messages that match the search pattern are displayed with the matching character strings highlighted.
To finalize the search, press Enter.
Search patterns are stored in the search history list. To clear the search history, click the button.

Filters

N/A

From this list, select an existing filter configuration, or create a new one.

A filter configuration is a set of filtering parameters.
The use of filter configurations provides more flexible control over the type and amount of log data displayed
than just specifying the information type by choosing a message priority in the Log level drop-down list.

To display messages related to the selected process, select Show only selected application.

If you want full log data to be displayed, select No Filters from the drop-down list.

To apply a filter, select it from the drop-down list.

To create a new filter configuration, select Edit Filter Configuration. In the Create New Logcat Filter dialog box that opens,
click the Add toolbar button and specify the following filtering parameters:

Log Tag: use this parameter if you only want messages from a certain system component to be displayed.
Type a regular expression to specify the tag that indicates the relevant system component, such as ActivityManager,
AudioService, etc., or a user-defined tag.
For more details, see Filtering Log Output.

Log Message: use this parameter if you only want messages that contain certain elements or character strings to be displayed.
Type a regular expression that defines the character string to be detected.

Package Name: use this parameter if you only want messages that refer to a specific Java package (class path) to be displayed.

PID: use this parameter if you only want messages that refer to a specific process (process ID) to be displayed.

Log Level:
use this parameter if you only want messages with a certain priority level to be displayed.

To update a filter, select Edit Filter Configuration, then in the Create New Logcat Filter dialog that opens select
a filter from the list and edit the filter values.

To remove a filter configuration from the list, choose Edit Filter Configuration. In the Create New Logcat Filter dialog box that opens,
select the filter and click the Delete toolbar button .

Up the Stack TraceCtrl+Alt+Up

Click this button to navigate up in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code.

Down the Stack TraceCtrl+Alt+Down

Click this button to navigate down in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code.

Use Soft Wraps

Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output.

Scroll to the end

Click this button to move the caret to the last line of the console output.

Print

Click this button to print the logs.

Clear logcat

Click this button to remove log data from previous sessions on the selected device.